Procurement Manager

We're seeking a strategic and commercially astute Procurement Manager to join our APAC team. This is a high-impact role managing over $40 million in annual spend across the New Zealand Supply Chain function.

The Role

Reporting to the Senior Procurement Manager – APAC and working closely with NZ Supply Chain management, you'll lead procurement initiatives across complex categories such as subcontractors, plant and equipment, MHE, transportation services, and CAPEX. You'll drive value through strategic sourcing, supplier performance, and contract management, contributing directly to profitability and sustainability goals.

Based in our office in Wiri, Auckland, this role offers flexibility to work hybrid, with occasional travel to regional sites across New Zealand required. This is a fixed term agreement of 12 months duration to work on specific projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Work on specific business critical projects and achieve targets in line with agreed strategies.
• Develop and improve the maturity of Brambles goods and services procurement processes and programs within the New Zealand business and execute category strategies aligned with business priorities.
• Lead sourcing and supplier management across goods and services spend categories.
• Deliver savings initiatives and track performance against CAPEX plans for projects.
• Ensure compliance with global procurement policies and systems (e.g., Coupa, Zycus).
• Support implementation of the Preferred Supplier Program.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships across the NZ supply chain team to make an impact

What we're looking for

A procurement professional with:

• The ability to hit the ground running, with experience in managing procurement initiatives related to capital projects
• 5+ years' experience in procurement strategy, with exposure to logistics and supply chain
• Proven success in greenfield or transformational procurement projects. You'll be shaping the commercial approach to these new categories.
• Experience in either creating, leading, implementing or building on existing category strategies.
• Ability to deliver tangible value, building strong stakeholder relationships and achieving requirements
• Experience with subcontractor management change management, and procurement systems.
• Ideally, a tertiary qualification in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering or Science (CIPS desirable).

Why Join Us?

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a global organisation committed to sustainability and innovation. On offer is a fixed term opportunity to work on high-value, strategic projects within a collaborative culture.

Ready to make an impact?

Apply now and help shape the future of procurement across CHEP New Zealand

Please include a covering letter with your resume outlining how your skills, qualifications and experience address the above criteria. Applications may be reviewed as they are received, so don't delay.

In order for your application to be considered, you must have the right to work in New Zealand. We are unable to offer Immigration sponsorship for this role.

About CHEP, A Brambles Company

CHEP is a global leader in supply chain solutions. Together with producers, manufacturers, retailers, and logistics partners, CHEP advances the smart and sustainable movement of goods across more than 60 countries.

Powered by its share, repair and reuse network of connected pallets, crates, and containers, CHEP helps businesses optimise their supply chains to reduce costs and minimise the environmental impact of their operations.

CHEP pairs its leadership in circularity, which helps tackle emissions, waste, and single-use packaging, with a focus on resilience, to build future-ready supply networks through data, scale and collaboration.

With its operational excellence trusted by the world's top brands, CHEP primarily serves customers in the consumer staples (e.g. dry food, grocery, household products, health and personal care, fresh produce and beverage), retail, automotive and general manufacturing industries.

A part of the Brambles Group, CHEP manages ~347 million pallets and containers through a network of 750+ service centres, employing approximately 11,000 people worldwide with its largest operations in North America and Europe.

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Here in New Zealand, CHEP touches every stage of the Food Supply Chain; domestically from the farm to supermarket shelf and internationally our global capabilities support the delivery of New Zealand produce around the world.

CHEP New Zealand is an accredited Top Employer and offers a range of employee benefits including a competitive salary, fully maintained vehicle, bonus opportunities, a supportive learning and development culture and a wide range of opportunities to assist you in achieving your career aspirations. CHEP New Zealand, as part of Brambles, provides you unparalleled opportunities to advance and accelerate your career and is large enough to take you anywhere and small enough to make sure you get there. With a focus on career pyramids instead of ladders, we move our people up and across functions and companies to deepen their transferable skills and acquire broader business experience.

Benefits:

• Paid volunteer leave for those who wish to volunteer their services to a community organisation – 3 days per annum
• Reward and Recognition Program to celebrate outstanding achievements of our people through a number of different delivery methods
• Employee discounts with a range of partners
• Unparalleled opportunities to advance and accelerate your career
• Attractive options to purchase Brambles shares

Our team boasts a friendly and fun culture that celebrates successes, with award winning engagement and enablement, and results achieved through collective intelligence, collaboration and teamwork.

With a highly inclusive workplace rich in diversity, CHEP New Zealand celebrates the diversity of thought, backgrounds, style and working arrangements of our people to ensure that we reflect the communities and customers that we serve.

Join our team to be part of an international growth company with an advantaged and highly sustainable business model. You'll be working for a company that is changing the way goods get to market. You'll optimize 300,000 supply chains instead of just one. You'll join an efficient and collaborative team who punches above its weight. You'll be working for the good of humanity.